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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab (August 16, 2005). doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00296.2005
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Submitted on June 30, 2005
Accepted on August 9, 2005

Decreased insulin-dependent glucose transport by chronic ethanol feeding is associated with dysregulation of the Cbl/TC10 pathway in rat adipocytes

Becky M Sebastian1 and Laura E Nagy1*

1 Department of Nutrition, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: len2{at}case.edu.

Heavy alcohol consumption is an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes. While the exact mechanism by which alcohol contributes to the increased risk is unknown, impaired glucose disposal is a likely target. Insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in adipocytes is regulated by two separate and independent pathways: the PI3K pathway and the Cbl/TC10 pathway. Previous studies suggest that chronic ethanol feeding impairs insulin-stimulated glucose transport in adipocytes in a PI3K-independent manner. In search of potential targets of ethanol that would affect insulin-stimulated glucose transport, we investigated the effects of 4-week ethanol feeding to male Wistar rats on the Cbl/TC10 pathway in isolated adipocytes. Chronic ethanol feeding inhibited insulin-stimulated cCbl phosphorylation compared to pair-feeding. Insulin receptor and Akt/PKB phosphorylation were not affected by ethanol feeding. Chronic ethanol exposure also impaired cCbl and TC10 recruitment to a lipid raft fraction isolated from adipocytes by detergent extraction. Furthermore, chronic ethanol feeding increased the amount of activated TC10 and filamentous actin in adipocytes at baseline, and abrogated the ability of insulin to further activate TC10 or polymerize actin. These results demonstrate that the impairment in insulin-stimulated glucose transport observed in adipocytes after chronic ethanol feeding to rats is associated with a disruption of insulin-mediated Cbl/TC10 signaling and actin polymerization.




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